It’s easy to forget now, more than ten years after drummer Bill Berry retired, that R.E.M. was for a time the greatest rock band in the world.

Their work in the 1980s on indie label I.R.S. virtually created the alternative rock genre in the United States, and their genius albums like Document were a huge inspiration to an entire generation of American rock bands.

RT @jon_bois: how come he blocked the ball when the guy was clearly trying to shoot it? i guess some folks can’t stand it when others succe… 3 years ago

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